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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Death! 41 Historic Demises

As an estate planning lawyer, I ask my clients a lot of "what if?" questions. What if your spouse passes away before you do? What if you have a big tax bill to pay? And so on. I tell my clients that I am trying to cover off all reasonable scenarios that could happen. The key word is "reasonable". Without a crystal ball, that's as close as I can get.

I came across this video that reminds me that it's just impossible to predict life and death. "Reasonable" went out the window for the people in this video! I can't imagine any planner asking "What if you are smothered by hats?"

Click here to see a video from www.mentalfloss.com called Death! 41 Historic Demises. Some are funny, some are outright strange, and some are ironic. My favourite by far is number 7.

Lynne is the author of 10 books about estate planning, and one book about legal history.

Lynne is the editor of MC2, the national magazine of Mensa Canada.

Lynne is the co-host of The Law Show, a weekly program on VOCM radio.

Lynne is a Learning Group Facilitator (online instructor) for the Legal Research and Writing and the Written Advice and Advocacy modules of the Alberta Bar Admission course.

She is a member of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian Bar Association, STEP Canada, ADR Atlantic Institute, the Canadian Institute of Certified Executor Advisors, and Mensa Canada.

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